NEVILL
DRURY is the author of over forty books
and has been published in fifteen languages. His work includes
writings on shamanism and the western magical traditions, as well
as contemporary art, holistic health and music. Nevill holds a
Master of Arts (Honours) degree in anthropology from Macquarie
University in Sydney and has worked in the Australian book industry
since 1976. A former managing editor for Harper & Row and Doubleday
in Australia, he helped found the specialist visual arts publishing
company Craftsman House in 1981, which became Australia's leading
art book imprint. Nevill worked full-time as publishing director
of this company from 1989- January 2000 and also authored several
successful books on Australian art including the three-volume
Images series. He also co-edited Australian Painting Now, which
was published in UK and USA by Thames & Hudson.

After a period of full-time writing Nevill was appointed Manager
of Adyar Bookshop in Sydney - Australia's largest metaphysical
bookshop. While he is no longer writing on art he continues
to specialise in writing on shamanism and the magical traditions.
Several of his most recent publications - for example Everyday
Magic, Exploring the Labyrinth, Wisdom from the Earth (with
Anna Voigt) and The History of Magic in the Modern Age - have
been published in the United States and / or the UK as well
as in Australia.

Nevill
has participated in a number of major transpersonal conferences
since 1980 and is well known as a lecturer and for his workshops
on magical visualisations and shamanic drumming. In the United
States his books have been enthusiastically endorsed by such
writers as Michael Harner, Terence McKenna, Rosemary Ellen Guiley,
Isaac Bonewits, Daniel C.Noel and J.Gordon Melton. He has also
been an interviewer / presenter for several programmes on Australian
television and recently appeared on 'Compass' (ABC-TV) as a
spokesperson for the New Spirituality.

Selected
Publications :
Books published or co-published in the United States :
The History of Magic in the Modern Age 2000 Carroll & Graf,
2000 Constable 2000 Simon & Schuster Australia